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13 unusual facts about American University of Beirut


Bahá'í Faith in Lebanon

Two Beirut universities - the American University of Beirut and the Saint Joseph University - had significant Baha'i student populations in the early twentieth century.

In 1968, a prominent Bahá'í academic, Suheil Bushrui became a visiting professor at the American University of Beirut.

Cheirothrix lewisii

This fish was first described by Davis in 1887 and was named in honour of Professor E. R. Lewis of the American College in Beirut.

Chris Walley

He taught at the American University of Beirut (AUB) in Lebanon from 1980–84, where he met his wife and where his two sons John and Mark were born.

Cicely Williams

In 1960 Williams' became Professor of Maternal and Child Services at the American University of Beirut.

Edith E. Sproul

She then moved to the American University of Beirut in Lebanon, where she was appointed full professor and served as acting chair of the department of pathology.

Genetic genealogy

Preliminary results from a study by Pierre Zalloua of the American University of Beirut and Spencer Wells were published in the October 2004 issue of National Geographic.

George Edward Post

George Edward Post (1838-1909) was a professor of surgery at the Syrian Protestant College in Beirut, now the American University of Beirut (AUB).

Maltese people

Another study carried out by geneticists Spencer Wells and Pierre Zalloua of the American University of Beirut showed that more than 50% of Y-chromosomes from Maltese men could have Phoenician origins.

Masoud Boroumand

He holds a Bachelor and Master degree majoring in Management from American University of Beirut whilst studying in Lebanon, he played for Lebanon national football team for a period of 3 years.

Nasif al-Yaziji

After that, he taught at the Syrian Protestant College (later renamed the American University of Beirut) and wrote on poetry, rhetoric, grammar and philosophy.

TechWadi

The TechWadi Global Entrepreneurship Forum, held at the American University of Beirut in Beirut, Lebanon in 2010, marked the launch of the TechWadi 100 Network of mentors.

William Arthur Sewell

He was then director of the British Institute in Barcelona (1952–53), and professor of English at the University of Ankara (1954–56) and the American University of Beirut (1956–65).


Anbara Salam Khalidy

She and her siblings attended the Anglican Syrian College in Ras Beirut, which is the predecessor of the American University of Beirut.

Antoun Saadeh

Also, in 1931, Saadeh worked at the daily newspaper Al-Ayyam, then in 1932 he taught German at the American University of Beirut.

Dalia Mogahed

She is also a nonresident senior public policy scholar at Issam Fares Institute for Public Policy and International Affairs at the American University of Beirut.

Frederic C. Lawrence

He was also active with the Episcopal chaplaincy at Harvard and was a trustee of Milton Academy and the American University of Beirut.

Issam Fares

The Fares Lecture Series, the Fares Center for Eastern Mediterranean Studies, both at Tufts University, and the Issam Fares Institute for Public Policy and International Affairs at the American University of Beirut (AUB) are named after him.

Nabil Gholam

They include the city's tallest building, Platinum Tower in the Beirut Marina (with Ricardo Bofill); parts of the Saifi Village adjacent to Martyrs' Square; the master plan for the redevelopment of the Wadi Abu Jamil neighborhood; the headquarters of the CMA-CGM international shipping company; the Irani-Oxy Engineering Complex at the American University of Beirut; and numerous other office and residential buildings.

Raymond Khoury

Khoury returned to Lebanon after his graduation from Rye Country Day high school to attend the American University of Beirut and study architecture.

Toryalai Wesa

After securing his BS in Agricultural Economics and Extension from the Faculty of Agriculture at Kabul University in 1973, he pursued his MS at the Department of Agricultural Economics and Extension at the Faculty of Agricultural Sciences at American University of Beirut in Lebanon.